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Revusical.
A club's President and Lady President, Secretary, Treasurer, Delegate, Vice Do, and Vice Secretary, meet two prospective members, Mr Stiffy and Mr Mo.
The 1922 Sydney production (Fullers' Theatre) incorporated the following 'musical rules' into the story: 'We Run the Club' (The Members), 'Someone in Town' (Gladys Shaw and girls), 'Dreamy Honolulu' (Ivy Davis and girls), 'Moonlight' (company), 'Granny' (Mike Connors), 'Angel Child' (Queenie Paul and girls), 'Virginia, My Homeland' (Connors and girls), 'Bonnie Scotland' (Keith Connelly and company), and 'The He'land Gathering' (finale).
Production Details
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1921: Empire Theatre, Brisbane, 17-23 September (as At the Club).
- Director Nat Phillips; Producer Fullers' Theatres Ltd.
- Troupe Stiffy and Mo Company.
- Cast incl. Nat Phillips (Stiffy), Roy Rene (Mo), Daisy Merritt, Dan M. Dunbar, Lola Hunt, Belle Pollard, Gerald Cashman, Walter Jackson [aka Walter Whyte], Miss Dot O'Dea.
1922: Fullers' Theatre, Sydney, ca. June.
- Director Nat Phillips; Producer Fullers' Theatres Ltd; Music Director Charles Ryder; Chorus Rosie Bowie; Costumes Ethel Moar; Business Manager George C. Audley; Stage Manager Dan M. Dunbar.
- Troupe Stiffy and Mo Company.
- Cast incl. Nat Phillips (Stiffy), Roy Rene (Mo), Mike Connors (The President), Dan M. Dunbar (The Secretary), Queenie Paul (The Lady President), Dot Davis [aka Mrs Roy Rene] (The Vice Do), Keith Connelly (The Treasurer), Gladys Shaw (The Vice Secretary), Doc. O'Brien (The Delegate), and The Radio Six (Rosie Bowie, Gwen Brandon, Thelma Duff, Flo Wilson, Marie McLauchin, Phyllis Whisken).
- Details sourced from advertised programme in Fuller News 8 July 1922, p.7.
1924: Fullers' Theatre, Sydney, 27 September - 3 October.
- Director Nat Phillips; Producer Fullers Theatres Ltd.
- Troupe Nat Phillips' Stiffy and Mo Company.
- Cast incl. Nat Phillips, Roy Rene, Mike Connors, Queenie Paul, Peter Brooks, Dan M. Dunbar, Dot Davis [aka Mrs Roy Rene], Gladys Shaw, Daisy Merritt, and the Six Radio Girls.
1925: Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, 7-13 March.
- Director Nat Phillips; Producer Fullers' Theatres Ltd; Chorus Rosie Bowie.
- Troupe Nat Phillips' Stiffy and Mo Company.
- Cast incl. Nat Phillips, Roy Rene, Dan M. Dunbar, Queenie Paul, Mike Connors, Dot Davis [aka Mrs Roy Rene], Gladys Shaw, Daisy Merritt, Keith Connolly, Rene Albert, David Lyle, and the Six Radio Girls.
1925: Majestic Theatre, Adelaide; 22-28 August.
- Director Nat Phillips; Producer Fullers' Theatres Ltd.
- Troupe: Nat Phillips' Whirligigs.
- Cast incl. Nat Phillips (Oscar), Harry Huley (Percy), Joe Mullaney, Dan M. Dunbar, Queenie Paul, Mike Connors, Leonard Rich, June Mills, William Innes, Shannon Raye, Bess Bent, Allan Walsh, Ivy Moore; and the Six Crack-a-Jacks.
